the 1828 presidential election to andrew jackson. a proud mason. today free masonry has about 1.3 million members in the u.s. down from four million in 1959. among the members today, african americans, formerly relegated to a separate black only branch of freemasonry. then there are members like those in colonial lodge 1821 of washington, d.c. most of them are in their 20s and some attracted to free masonry by dan brown novels and movies like "national treasure." >> they formed a new brotherhood called the free mase sons. >> who here was drawn by the mystery? >> tradition. >> you know there's ritual but you don't know what it is? >> that's right. >> that's alluring. that's the reason people joined freemasonsry not rotarians. >> what about those secrets? >> what would happen if i found opt the secret handshake and i weren't a mason? you have to kill me? >> might take you out buy you a beer. >> the secrets of the mason represent by integrity has a man. i took a promise that i would not tell you what the secrets of the mason are. i didn